Posted by Matthew Ryan, Last modified by Richard O Hora on 11 February 2014 09:28 AM

Batch Internal User Import and Update into Papercut

This section covers the batch importing and updating of internal users. Internal users are managed internally by PaperCut, and may be used in addition to those in a configured user directory source such as Active Directory. Internal users are a means of having a print payment account but not necessarly being in the primary network authentication source. An example of this is a public library patron requires a print account (internal user) but as the PC's a generically logged onto the domain they do not have an AD account.

The batch internal user import and update feature allows the administrator to import users, user information and optionally update existing internal user details by reading data from a simple text file. In addition to being able to create internal users, it enables administrators to update the following user data:

Password

Credit balance

Restriction status

Full name

Email address

Department

Office

Card/ID Number

Card/ID PIN

Notes

Sample Import File

X12345678901234[TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB] X1234567890

(BARCODE) (PIN) [TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB] (BARCODE)

Command to import:

C:\> cd "C:\Program Files\PaperCut NG\server\bin\win"

server-command batch-import-internal-users "C:\import.tsv

A simple way to create a tab delimited file is to create a spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel, then save it in the Text (Tab delimited) format

TAB Separated file

No:

Field

Description

Optional

Limitations

1

Username

The internal user's username. Set this to the BARCODE of the user. E.G. X1234567890

Mandatory

Max. 50 characters

2

Password

The Users password (LMS PIN) E.G. 7890

Mandatory

*Check site if they use FIRST 4 or LAST 4 digits as PIN

3

Credit Balance

4

Restricted Status

5

Full Name

The users full name

Optional

Max. 255 characters

6

Email

7

Department

8

Office

9

Card/ID Number

The user's identity/card number. Set this to the BARCODE of the user. E.G. X1234567890